Brick-elevator.



S. SIMONEAU BRICK ELEVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. 1915.

1,177,544. Patented Mar. 28; 1916.

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BRICK-ELEVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented IMar. 2S, 1916.

Application filed May 25, 1915. Serial No. 30,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. SIMON SIMONEAU, a subject of the King of Great Britain, resid ing at Springfield, in the'county of Hampden and State of 'Massachusetts,'have invented new and useful Improvements in Brick Elevators, of which the following is a specification. i

The invention relates to elevators, and more particularly to the class of automatic brick elevating machines.

The primary object of the invention is the .provision of a machine of this character wherein the necessity of handling the bricks to an elevated point for the stacking thereof isentirely obviated, as the said bricks are placed upon carriers which are automatically lifted to the point of elevation, whence the said bricks are removed from the respective carriers and finally placed upon the kiln or brick rack. thus assuring the handling of the bricks with despatch.

. Another object of the invention is the provision of an elevator of this character where in the carriers are mounted for travel in- -a novel manner, the endless conveyer being also novel in form to prevent slipping thereof when being driven from amotor.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an elevator of this character which can be transported from one point to another for the convenience in the stacking of bricks or elevating the same to a kiln.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this character which is simple in construction, reliable and efficient in its operation, strong, durable, and inexpensive in manufacture. V

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fullv described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,'and pointed out in the claim hereunto ap ended.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinalsectional view through the machine. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional View. Fig. 5 is a sectional View on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a horizontal transverse sectional View through the boom, showing the manner of connecting the fork of the by the tossing of the same from the ground bracket therewith. Fig. 7 is a sectional View through one of the cha n wheels. 7

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the machine; comprises a-"body 10 supported upon axles 11 carrying traction wheels 12 of V l any approved form, and within thebody is located a motor 13, which is preferably of the gasolene type, and has connection with a shaft lwhich, through the medium of a train of gearing 15, is connected with an endless elevator hereinafter fully described.

Fixed to and-rising from the top of the body 10 is a crane comprising a bracket 16 which is formed with a fork 17 having grooves 18 on which is detachably engaged the reduced rounded end'19 of a boom or arm 20 on the upper end of'which isfixed a detachable head 21, and in the sides of thebody 10 and the said head 21 are journaled the respective shafts 22 and 23 on which are fixed chain wheels 24 each being formed with a peripheral groove 25 and transverse notches'26 at intervals inits periphery, and

in these grooves25 are received the endless chains having at intervals transverse pins which engage in the notches 26 to prevent the slipping of the chains on the said wheels 24. The chains 27,together with the transverse hanger rods 29, which are fixed therein, constitute the elevator, and upon the The shaftl i is journaled in the sides of the body 10. and is suitably connected with the motor 13, so that the power therefrom will be utilized for actuating the elevator, the motor being controlled in any suitable manner for the starting and stopping of the i elevator, as the occasion may require. 7

It is of course-understood that the shaft 22 is in gear with the train of gear1ng'15 driven by the shaft 14, which is in turn actuated by the motor. .T he machine can be transported from one point to another, and when located at the proper point,'bricks can be placed upon the carriers for elevating the onto a brick rack or kiln.

From the foregoing description, taken in same from the ground to a point overhead connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of operation of the device Will be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

WVhat is claimed is 1A machine of the class described comprising a body, a vertical boom carried by the body and having a forked bracket fixed to its upper end and extending at right angles therefrom, the said body being cut away at one end, bearings mounted in the cut away portion, shafts j ournaled in the bracket and in the said bearings, peripherally grooved Wheels fixed to said axle shafts and having notches opening into the grooves and through the peripheries thereof, endless sprocket chains trained over the said Wheels and traveling in the grooves in the peripher ies thereof, transverse bars pivoted in the chains and received in the notches in said Gm, H. Has es, CLINTON KING.

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